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U.S.S. Constitution towing H.B.M. Ship Cyane, February 28, 1815 – Antique Print

U.S.S. Constitution towing H.B.M. Ship Cyane, February 28, 1815 — historic image
U.S.S. Constitution towing H.B.M. Ship Cyane, February 28, 1815. Historic image from the Boston National Historic Park collection.

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Few images capture their era like this historic image of U.S.S. Constitution towing H.B.M. Ship Cyane, February 28, 1815. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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U.S.S. Constitution towing H.B.M. Ship Cyane, February 28, 1815

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Here the frigate *Constitution*, known as "Old Ironsides," tows the captured British sloop *Cyane* in the closing weeks of the War of 1812. The *Cyane* was seized in February 1815 off the Cape Verde Islands, in the same action that took the sloop *Levant*. Built in Boston and launched in 1797, the *Constitution* earned her nickname from British shot that seemed to bounce off her oak hull. Prizes like the *Cyane* often had to be towed home when battle damage or a thin prize crew left them unable to sail.

Original scan4,352 × 2,949 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi
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